International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 11 Issue 7

Labour Market Operation, Recruitment Strategies and Workforce Structures

Kathleen Wray

A micro level study was undertaken in a local labour market (LLM) comprising one small town and two industrial villages, each within commuting distance of the town. The boundary…

Does Occupational Status Matter? The Case of Recruitment

Teresa Keil, Janet Ford, Alan Bryman, Alan Beardsworth

The research data reported in this article were collected as part of a programme of research into management strategies in relation to the demand for labour. The research project…

Recruitment and the Recession

Tony Manwaring, Stephen Wood

Has the recession been a significant factor in bringing about changes in the recruitment process? Have personnel managers taken advantage of it to alter their practices, make…

Acceptability, Suitability and the Search for the Habituated Worker: How Ethnic Minorities and Women Lose Out

Richard Jenkins

In this article I intend to investigate the meaning of recruitment for managers in the manufacturing, retailing and public service employment sectors in the West Midlands. In…

Routes into Segmented Youth Labour Markets

Gloria Lee, John Wrench

For researchers concerned with the field of youth labour markets the experience in recent years has been one of working on shifting sands. Whilst there has been in the last few…

Modelling Labour Demand: The Role of Economics

Derek Bosworth, Peter Dawkins

The principal aim of this article is to provide some insights into the role of economics in modelling labour demands. The impression that we have built up over time is that, while…

Dual Labour Market Theory and the Organisation of Local Labour Markets

D.N. Ashton, M.J. Maguire

In recent years a considerable amount of work has been done in Britain and America utilising dual labour market theory. In America, the ideas of Doeringer and Piore have been…